Naunton-Beauchamp (St. Bartholomew)

NAUNTON-BEAUCHAMP (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union, and Upper division of the hundred, of Pershore, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 4¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Pershore; containing 176 inhabitants. The parish is watered by the river Piddle, and comprises 1004 acres, of which 498 are arable, 365 pasture, and about 80 meadow; the soil is a strong clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15, and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £96. The glebe comprises about 2 acres: the tithes were commuted for 36 acres of land, with a modus, in 1771. The church, which stands near the centre of the village, was rebuilt in 1776.